OAKLAND, California (Ticker) -- Even while struggling, the San
Antonio Spurs can always count on beating the Golden State
Warriors.

Tim Duncan had 20 points and nine rebounds and Charles Smith
added 19 and eight to lead the Spurs to their 14th straight win
over the Warriors, 90-82.

David Robinson contributed 12 points and a season-high seven
blocked shots for San Antonio, which had lost three of its last
four games entering Saturday's contest but won in Oakland for
the seventh straight time.

The Spurs have not lost to the Warriors since a 90-83 setback on
March 4, 1998.

"It's a huge win for us," said Duncan, who scored 20 or more
points for the 24th straight game. "Every win is a huge win for
us right now cause we're kinda up and down. We're trying to get
that rhythm back and that feel back of winning games and
finishing games, so it was a big win for us."

San Antonio finished its three-game road trip at 2-1.

"Great to end a road trip with a win," Spurs coach Gregg
Popovich said. "Again, you play the Warriors and you have to
come and battle because those guys are very aggressive, very
physical and they play until the last minute so it was a good
game in that regard and we're just glad to out of here with a
win and get back home."

Bob Sura scored 19 points and Antawn Jamison added 17 for the
Warriors, who have lost four of five and 11 of 13.

"They make it difficult," Sura said. "Those two guys (Duncan and
Robinson) really protect the basket. They had 15 blocked shots
tonight, but you have to expect them to do that and we just
didn't play well enough to win."

Golden State, which last led at 7-6 with 8:56 left in the first
quarter, pulled within 50-45 with 9:06 remaining in the third
quarter on a three-point play by Jamison. But San Antonio
answered with an 11-4 run to go ahead, 61-49, on Steve Smith's
jumper with 4:38 left.

The Spurs took their largest lead, 82-65, with 6:31 to play as
Robinson made a driving layup. The Warriors closed to 86-79 on
a pair of free throws by Larry Hughes with 1:29 left, but they
missed their next three shots.

Rookie Tony Parker made four free throws in the final minute to
seal the win for the Spurs.

Afterward, Robinson explained why his team has been so
successful against Golden State.

"They're a similar type team to us," he said. "They're big,
strong rebounding type of team. They kind of try to grind it
out except they're not a big executing type of team which we are
and I think that's the one thing that kind of gets them down
because they come against us and you know we're a big team, too.

"They're not going to dominate us the way they can dominate some
of the other teams and if we execute it makes it really tough on
them."

Parker collected 12 points, six assists and four rebounds while
Amal McCaskill and Malik Rose contributed eight points apiece
for the Spurs, who shot 44 percent (35-of-79) from the field but
were outrebounded, 57-44, including 21-5 on the offensive end.

"I thought they got a few too many offensive rebounds but that's
their main focus," Duncan said. "They get the ball up on the
rim and they really go get it so I thought we did a decent job
of keeping them off of that and pushing it back at them when
everybody was on the glass."

Hughes had 13 points and nine assists and Donny Fortson grabbed
13 rebounds but scored just six points as the Warriors shot 34
percent (32-of-94) -- their third-worst shooting effort of the
season -- including 3-of-15 from 3-point range.

"We virtually outplayed them in a lot of areas other than
shooting the ball," Warriors coach Brian Winters said. "I think
our team played very hard, but if you don't make some perimeter
shots against the San Antonio Spurs, you're going to have a long
night."